Horace and the gift economy of patronage /

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This innovative study explores selected odes and epistles by the late-first-century poet Horace in light of modern anthropological and literary theory. Phebe Lowell Bowditch looks in particular at how the relationship between Horace and his patron Maecenas is reflected in these poems' themes an...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bowditch, Phebe Lowell, 1961-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001.
Series:Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
Classics and contemporary thought ; 7.
Subjects:
Horace > Knowledge > Economics.
Horace
Authors and patrons > Rome.
Authors and patrons in literature.
Patron and client > Rome.
Literary patrons > Rome.
Gifts in literature.
Gifts (Roman law)
Authors and patrons > Rome > History.
Écrivains et mécènes > Rome > Histoire.
Patron et client > Rome.
Donations (Droit romain)
Écrivains et mécènes dans la littérature.
Cadeaux dans la littérature.
Horace > Et l'économie politique.
Écrivains et mécènes > Rome.
Mécènes de la littérature > Rome.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Authors and patrons
Authors and patrons in literature
Economic history
Economics
Gifts in literature
Literary patrons
Manners and customs
Patron and client
Patronage.
Cliëntelisme.
Gedichten.
Latijn.
Rome > Social life and customs.
Rome > Economic conditions.
Rome (Italy) > Social life and customs.
Rome (Italie) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Rome > Conditions économiques.
Italy > Rome
Rome (Empire)
Litteratur > Klassiske litteraturer.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • The Gift Economy of Patronage
  • Tragic History, Lyric Expiation, and the Gift of Sacrifice
  • The Gifts of the Golden Age
  • From Patron to Friend
  • The Epistolary Farm and the Status Implications of Epicurean Ataraxia.

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